1. History

2. Participation

3. Broadcasts and voting
    Commentators and spokespersw  Voting history 

4. See also

5. References

6. External links

The participation of Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was responsible for the selection process of their participants at the 2015 and 2016 contests, with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) taking over the country's participation from the 2017 contest. The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2015 contest was Bella Paige with the song "My Girls", which finished in eighth place out of seventeen participating entries, achieving a score of sixty-four points. Australia continued their participation at the 2016 contest, having internally selected Alexa Curtis with her song "We Are", which finished in fifth place, scoring 202 points. Isabella Clarke in 2017 and Jael Wena in 2018 both placed 3rd, Australia's best results till date. SBS previously broadcast every edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest on a broadcast delay. As of Junior Eurovision 2017, Australia has awarded the most points to {{Esccnty|Malta|Junior}}, and received the most points from {{Esccnty|Georgia|Junior}}.

History

On 7 October 2015, the Australian national broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) announced that they would be making their Junior Eurovision debut at the {{Escyr|2015|Junior}} contest, in Sofia, Bulgaria,^[1][2] following on from their success at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.^[3] SBS internally selected Bella Paige as their debut representative, with the song "My Girls".^[4] At the running order draw which took place on 15 November 2015, Australia were drawn to perform sixth on 21 November 2015, following {{Esccnty|Netherlands|Junior|y=2015}} and preceding {{Esccnty|Ireland|Junior|y=2015}},^[5] where she finished in eighth place scoring 64 points.^[6] This was Australia's worst result in their contest history.^[6]

Australian broadcaster SBS, announced on 12 September 2016 that they would be continuing their participation at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and would once again internally select their entrant for the {{Escyr|2016|Junior|2016 Contest}}, which took place on 20 November 2016, in Valletta, Malta.^[7] Alexa Curtis was announced on 29 September 2016 as being their participant, and would represent Australia with the song "We Are".^[8] During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 14 November 2016, Australia was drawn to perform fourteenth on 20 November 2016, following Israel and preceding the Netherlands,^[9] where she finished in fifth place achieving 202 points, their best result at the time until Isabella Clarke's participation of the 2017 edition and Jael (2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest) both being placed 3rd place overall .^[10]

Participation

Table key

Broadcasts and voting

Commentators and spokespersw

The contest are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.^[11] The Australian broadcaster send their own commentary team to each contest in order to provide commentary in the English language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Australia. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.

Voting history

The tables below shows Australia's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in {{Escyr|2017|Junior}} and takes into account the new voting system which allows the adult and kids juries each to award a set of points, introduced by the European Broadcasting Union from the 2016 contest onwards.^[15]

See also

• Australia in the ABU Radio Song Festival – Radio event organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).
• Australia in the ABU TV Song Festival – Television event organised by the ABU.
• Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

References

External links

• Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Official EBU Page

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